KBRN, Jakarta: A member of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) Commission X, Andi Muawiyah Ramly (Amure), has identified early and sustained environmental education as the essential strategy to interrupt Indonesia’s disaster cycle.

Amure put forward this viewpoint in Jakarta on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, as the necessary measure to ensure long-term sustainability and healthy living environments.

“Environmental education must be an important part of the learning process. Children need to be equipped with the understanding that a healthy environment is the main condition for the sustainability of life,” Amure said, as quoted by Antara.

He suggested that recent disasters in Aceh, West Sumatra, and North Sumatra are not solely natural phenomena. He suspects these events are related to environmental damage caused by uncontrolled land-use change.

Amure next highlighted the importance of firm and fair law enforcement against anyone proven to have committed violations leading to ecological disasters. “The state must not give tolerance to parties who damage the environment. If there is evidence of involvement, then the legal process must proceed impartially,” he stressed.

He urged the central and regional administrations to immediately take corrective steps, including evaluating spatial planning and restoring critical areas. “This disaster must be a serious warning. We can no longer delay improvement efforts,” he emphasized the need to strengthen disaster mitigation systems to prevent similar events from recurring.

Previously, President Prabowo Subianto had asked teachers across Indonesia to incorporate environmental education into their curriculum to raise student awareness about the importance of protecting nature and anticipating climate change threats. President Prabowo asserted that climate change, global warming, and environmental damage represent unavoidable global challenges.

"I think perhaps teachers throughout Indonesia can start, I'm sure they have started, but maybe we need to add to the syllabus in subjects the awareness of the great importance of protecting our natural environment, protecting our forests," the President said.

President Prabowo emphasized that awareness of protecting the environment must be cultivated within subjects so that students actively preserve forests, prevent logging, and keep rivers functioning to channel water. ***